Myocardial fibrosis in athletes—Current perspective

Several previous studies suggested that prolonged and extensive physical activity might lead to increased prevalence of myocardial fibrosis in athletes. The review summarizes these studies focusing on common patterns of myocardial fibrosis observed in athletes, their potential causes and significanc...

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Published in:Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) Vol. 43; no. 8; pp. 882 - 888
Main Authors: Małek, Łukasz A., Bucciarelli‐Ducci, Chiara
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.08.2020
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects:
Age
Asymptomatic
Cardiac arrhythmia
cardiac magnetic resonance
Contrast agents
Exercise
Heart
Hypotheses
late gadolinium enhancement
physical activity
Review
Reviews
Risk factors
T1‐mapping
training
Ultramarathon
exercise
training
late gadolinium enhancement
T1-mapping
cardiac magnetic resonance
physical activity
ISSN:0160-9289, 1932-8737, 1932-8737
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Summary:Several previous studies suggested that prolonged and extensive physical activity might lead to increased prevalence of myocardial fibrosis in athletes. The review summarizes these studies focusing on common patterns of myocardial fibrosis observed in athletes, their potential causes and significance. It also presents recent research on parametric imaging shedding new light on diffuse myocardial fibrosis in athletes. Finally, it reviews how these traditional and novel cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) techniques can be incorporated in the diagnostic work up to differentiate athlete's heart from cardiomyopathies.
Bibliography:Funding information
University of Bristol; University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol National Institute of Health Research
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Funding information University of Bristol; University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol National Institute of Health Research
ISSN:0160-9289
1932-8737
1932-8737
DOI:10.1002/clc.23360